AC9S2H01: Describe how people use science in their daily lives, including using patterns to make scientific predictions

People use science to solve problems, make choices and predict what may happen. Predictions are stronger when they are based on an observed pattern or previous evidence.

Learning sequence: Notice need → Use science → Observe pattern → Predict → Check

Success looks like

• Identify daily science uses
• Recognise patterns
• Make evidence-based predictions
• Check predictions
• Explain science decisions

Connect a daily need to scientific knowledge

Use a pattern to make a prediction

The content description and elaborations below show the curriculum ideas taught in this unit. Items marked as teaching context support lesson planning.

• Content description: describe how people use science in their daily lives, including using patterns to make scientific predictions
• E1: learning how First Nations Australians use observations of the night sky to assist with navigation (teaching context)
• E2: recognising that astronomers use patterns of movement of celestial bodies in the sky, such as stars and comets, to make predictions about future appearances
• E3: listening to music and learning from musicians about how music can be understood as patterns of sounds and how they use their body or instruments to create music
• E4: discussing how we manage sound at home to ensure that we do not disturb each other or our neighbours, such as quietly closing doors, turning down the volume, taking off shoes on wooden floors or using headphones
• E5: investigating toys and digital tools that are voice activated, and engaging in guided discussion about how some devices use voice patterns to recognise the unique features of an individual’s voice
• E6: exploring how sound-activated and voice-activated tools help people manage daily activities such as turning on lights and communicating with others
• E7: learning from people who work with materials, such as woodworkers, product designers or artists such as fibre artists or sculptors, about how they learn about properties of materials and how they use creativity when manipulating materials
• E8: exploring how physically changing materials helps us to re-use them in a variety of ways, and decrease waste
• E9: considering how First Nations Australians use scientific practices such as sorting, classification and estimation to make predictions (teaching context)

Use a reliable, community-approved source and identify the specific Nation, People or community where the source does. Avoid presenting diverse First Nations knowledges and practices as one generic tradition. Follow local cultural and intellectual property protocols before inviting community participation or reproducing cultural material.

Key idea: People use science to solve problems, make choices and predict what may happen. Predictions are stronger when they are based on an observed pattern or previous evidence.

Remember

• Identify daily science uses
• Recognise patterns
• Make evidence-based predictions
• Check predictions
• Explain science decisions

Quick questions

• Name one daily use of science.
• What makes a prediction scientific?
• Why repeat observations?
• How can people check a prediction?

If an answer is uncertain, return to the model and explain what each part represents before calculating or drawing a conclusion.

Read the topic guide and use the teacher slide for instruction. Students can then use the worksheet for written work, open Practice for supported feedback, or take the Test when they are ready.

• Prediction means random guess — Give a reason based on a pattern or previous observation.
• Science only happens in laboratories — Science is used in homes, schools, farms, hospitals and many jobs.
• One observation proves a pattern — Look for repeated evidence before claiming a pattern.

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• Australian Curriculum Version 9.0
• Victorian Curriculum F-10
• NSW Curriculum
• Common Core State Standards
• Next Generation Science Standards
• England National Curriculum
• New Zealand Curriculum
• NCERT textbooks

• AC9S2U01: Recognise Earth is a planet in the solar system and identify patterns in the changing position of the sun, moon, planets and stars in the sky
• AC9S2U02: Explore different actions to make sounds and how to make a variety of sounds, and recognise that sound energy causes objects to vibrate
• AC9S2U03: Recognise that materials can be changed physically without changing their material composition and explore the effect of different actions on materials including bending, twisting, stretching and breaking into smaller pieces
• AC9S2I01: Pose questions to explore observed simple patterns and relationships and make predictions based on experiences
• AC9S2I02: Suggest and follow safe procedures to investigate questions and test predictions
• AC9S2I03: Make and record observations, including informal measurements, using digital tools as appropriate
• AC9S2I04: Sort and order data and information and represent patterns, including with provided tables and visual or physical models
• AC9S2I05: Compare observations with predictions and others’ observations, consider if investigations are fair and identify further questions with guidance